#5BD4DC#5BD4DC

#5BD4DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4DC
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -31.27, -14.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 34.31, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.1005 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7707, 54.4742, 76.0622)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4DC #DC635B

analogous

#5BDCA3 #5BD4DC #5B93DC

triadic

#5BD4DC #DC5BD4 #D4DC5B

tetradic

#5BD4DC #A35BDC #DC635B #93DC5B

square

#5BD4DC #A35BDC #DC635B #93DC5B

split-complementary

#5BD4DC #DC5B93 #DCA35B

monochromatic

#21949B #2CC4CE #5BD4DC #8DE1E7 #C0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5BD4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#5BD4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4DC

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4DC	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1e6',
    500: '#5bd4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4dc;
$custom-light: #96e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.721,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80482,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4DC

secondary

#9F423C

accent

#2419CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4DC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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